April 3, 2003
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNTIES
Accreditation Under Way
The three campuses of the University of Washington will be undergoing a decennial accreditation visit by representatives of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and Universities, Commission on Colleges and Universities, on April 9, 10, and 11. The University’s Self-Study is available in full at http://www.washington.edu/about/accreditation. Copies of the accreditation self-study have been placed at the reference desks at both the Suzzallo and Odegaard Libraries on the University of Washington campuses.
The University of Washington has been continually accredited by the Commission since 1918. The standards against which the University is validated can be found at http://www.nwccu.org/.
The University invites public comment to its self-study. An e-mail address has been set up to receive public comment accredit@u.washington.edu. All comments will be provided in full to the commission. Alternately, the public is invited to submit comments directly to the Commission at its headquarters:
Commission on Colleges and Universities
Northwest Association of Schools and of Colleges and Universities
8060 165th Avenue, N.E.
Suite 100
Redmond, WA 98052
Invitation to Commencement
An open invitation to Chairs, Directors and Faculty (Seattle Campus only):
You are invited to participate in the Academic Procession at the University of Washington’s 128th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, June 14, in Husky Stadium. Lining-up begins at noon, Procession begins at 1:30 p.m., ceremony concludes at 4:30 p.m.
This is an extremely important day in the eyes of our students, and you play a primary role in witnessing the conferring of their degrees. Help celebrate their achievements by attending Commencement on June 14.
To confirm your participation, procure your academic apparel, and obtain guest tickets to the ceremony please contact our office at commence@u.washington.edu.
Applicants wanted: IESUS
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States. The deadline for applications is April 15. For more information on application guidelines, please see the IESUS Web site at http://depts.washington.-edu/iesus/ or e-mail iesus@u.washington.edu or call Carol Wong at 206-616-7518 (leave voice mail at ext. #3).
OTHER NEWS
Board of Regents
The University of Washington Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 17 in Room 142, Gerberding Hall on the Seattle campus. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies, and other University business.
Parking Services Annual Renewal Begins
The five-week annual renewal period for U-Passes and parking permits starts on Monday, April 14 and runs through Friday, May 16. This year you will need to let us know if you wish to renew.
Beginning April 14, you can go to the Timely Tips section at the top of the Parking Services index page and click on the link to the Web renewal form. Follow the step-by-step instructions to renew your U-Pass/parking permit.
Paper renewal forms will be mailed to customers who do not have a valid e-mail address in the Parking Services database. The paper forms will include step-by-step instructions. You will receive it during the first week of renewal.
All campus parking violations must be satisfactorily settled before a permit will be renewed.
Questions? Concerns? Comments? E-mail the Permit Issuance Office at their direct address — prkissue@u.washington.edu — or call 206- 685-1543 and press “0” to speak directly to a Permit Issuance staff member.
Language Exchange Opportunities
We would like your help if you are a fluent speaker of English who is interested in meeting and helping international students studying English. This would be a way of gaining experience for future overseas or ESL teaching, fulfilling community service requirements or developing a language/culture exchange. A brief description of the two different types of volunteer opportunities follows.
Conversation Exchange Partner: fluent English speakers are matched with students, based on language/ culture exchange interests or by general English practice. Meeting arrangements are made by the participating individuals.
In-Class Facilitator: fluent English speakers come to our conversation, American culture, or academic English classes to assist our English language teachers in providing conversation practice for students. The class sections usually have about 14 students per class from different countries. These students often don’t have a chance to practice their English with a fluent speaker. Therefore, we like to offer them this chance in the classroom. Due to the large number of participants, it is important that volunteers be assigned to particular class sections.
For both opportunities, we ask volunteers to provide 10 sessions total, or a once per week commitment. At the end of the quarter, volunteers can request a letter documenting his/her work in our program.
For more information, contact: Michele Norton, Language Exchange Program Coordinator, University of Washington English Language Programs, Box 354232, Seattle, WA 98195-4232, 206-685-6355 or send e-mail to langex@u.washington.edu.
Blood drives
Friday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.
Monday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the HUB.
DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Examinations
- Betsi Elizabeth Beem, Political Science, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 14. 221D Smith. (Prof. Peter May).
- Sarinthip Chawaphanth, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 15. T305 Health Sciences. (Prof. Susan Blackburn).
- Lana Lee Dalley, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Kathleen Blake).
- Hye-Kyung Stella Kang, Social Work, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 8. 306A Social Work. (Prof. Anthony Ishisaka).
- Earl Eugene Martin, Education, Ed.D. 10 a.m. Monday, April 14. 210 Miller. (Prof. James Valadez).
- Nadiya O. Postupna, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. G417 Health Sciences. (Prof. Marjorie Anderson).
- Deepika Singh, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 16. CC-408 Health Sciences. (Prof. Paul Lampe).
- Liang Sun, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, April 14. 322 Sieg. (Prof. Gaetano Borriello).
- Mithat Unsal, Physics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. C421 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. David Kaplan).
Final Examinations
- Ralph S. Bayard, Education, Ed.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, April 10. 26 Gerberding. “The academic mission of the university and corruption in intercollegiate athletics: A case study of their coexistence.” (Prof. Steve Olswang).
- Matthew John Cunningham, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 4. D209 Health Sciences. “Endocrine and metabolic regulators of Galanin-like peptide gene expression.” (Prof. Robert Steiner).
- Susan Smith Hughes, Anthropology, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 17. 401 Denny. “Beyond the altithermal: The role of climate change in prehistoric adaptations, northwest Wyoming.” (Prof. Julie Stein).
- Franklin Randolph Knight Jr, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 4. 22 Anderson. “Comparative stem mapping methodologies and analyses of stem density, sample size, and spatial patterns of large trees in old-growth mixed-conifer and pure pine forests of the Sierra Nevada and eastern Oregon.” (Prof. Jerry Franklin).
- Deborah Susan Mellott, Psychology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10. 202C Chemistry Library. “Measuring implicit attitudes and stereotypes: Increasing internal consistency reveals the convergent validity of IAT and priming measures.” (Prof. Anthony Greenwald).
- Justin Michael Ramsey, Botany, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, April 11. K069 Health Sciences. “Polyploidy and local adaptation in Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae).” (Prof. Douglas Schemske).
- Allan C. Tuan, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 11. 303 Electrical Engineering. “Epitaxial growth and characterization of Co(x)Zn(1-x)0 and Co(x)Ti(1-x)0(2-x) for spintronic applications.” (Prof. J. W. Rogers).
